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One Columbus police officer fired at a vehicle after that officer and another spotted gunfire coming from within the vehicle in the Arena District yesterday.

COLUMBUS

Officer shoots at car after shots fired from it

One Columbus police officer fired at a vehicle after that officer and another spotted gunfire coming from within the vehicle in the Arena District yesterday.

Columbus police said the two officers were not wounded, and it’s unclear whether anyone in the vehicle was hurt before it sped away.

The officers were on a special-duty assignment at 391 Neil Ave. assisting with traffic. At 2:11 a.m., they looked into a disturbance at the parking lot north of 322 W. Nationwide Blvd.; there, they saw a vehicle moving quickly from the area.

The officers saw “multiple muzzle flashes” coming from inside the dark-colored, four-door vehicle, and one of the officers fired shots at it.

Police are trying to locate and identify the suspects. Anyone with additional information may call the Columbus police investigative desk at 614-645-4624.

— Charlie Boss

cboss@dispatch.com

@cvrboss

COLUMBUS

Two men killed in crash of semi on I-70 identified

Authorities have released the identities of two North Side men who were killed when their tractor-trailer crashed on I-70 on the East Side on Saturday.

Adan Abdirizak, 52, of Carrolton Club Circle, and Ahmed Abdirizak, 26, of Cooper Woods Drive, died in the crash, said Franklin County Coroner Jan Gorniak.

Gorniak said she did not know whether the men were related. She said it’s thought that the younger man was driving.

The tractor-trailer was eastbound on I-70 between Alum Creek Drive and Rt. 33 at 12:53 a.m. when it ran off the right side of the road, striking a concrete wall and light pole. The truck then veered across the eastbound lanes and struck a guardrail and the concrete median, Columbus police said.

The crash closed eastbound I-70 for 11 hours.

— Jim Woods

jwoods@dispatch.com

@Woodsnight

DAYTON

Bowhunters to be allowed to shoot deer at air base

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is again opening part of its property to bowhunters to help cull the deer herd.

A random lottery will pick 65 hunters to participate. The hunt will take place from Sunday through Feb. 3.

Darryn Warner, the natural-resources program manager at the base, said it’s the second year for an archery hunt at Wright-Patterson.

Last year, hunters killed nine deer on the base.

— Dayton Daily News via AP

COLUMBUS

State to add green strobe lights to snowplows

Ohio will become the first state to equip its snowplows with green strobe lights to improve visibility.

The Department of Transportation says studies show that the green lights are more easily detected by the human eye than other colors.

The green lights, and white strobes, will be added to the existing amber lights to make the plow trucks easier for motorists to see.

Officials hope the addition will reduce rear-end collisions with the plows. Ohio has far more collisions with snow-removal trucks than neighboring states.

— Associated Press

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